In Ukraine, Russia bombs aid centre and shelter, killing at least 29 people

Strike hits aid site

The attack struck the centre where residents gathered weekly to collect humanitarian packages, Zelenskyy said. He said Russian forces could not have been unaware of those gatherings.

Search continues in rubble

Emergency crews searched the collapsed buildings in Komyshuvakha after nightfall, using torches, according to images and video shared online by local officials. The strike damaged the aid site and the neighbouring shelter.

Elsewhere, rescuers in the Dnipro area pulled a woman alive from rubble on Tuesday morning. Local authorities said a Russian attack there killed one person and wounded 17.

Zelenskyy condemns attack

Zelenskyy described the Komyshuvakha strike as vile and said it showed Moscow was choosing to kill rather than build on a recent ceasefire in Oleshky. The ceasefire in the southern city was brokered by US first lady Melania Trump.

He said Ukraine had proposed further humanitarian steps after the Oleshky agreement, but Russia continued its attacks. Zelenskyy also called for help defending Ukraine’s skies, warning that Russia would otherwise keep launching missiles.

Other developments

The overnight wave of strikes targeted power plants across Ukraine and damaged hospitals, while scores of people were wounded. Zelenskyy said Russia expected the United States not to notice the attack.

The Kremlin said no other similar missions were being planned “at the moment”. Witkoff said talks would take place in Abu Dhabi on 10-11 November, as Kyiv and its European allies worried that Trump had increasingly sided with Moscow.